How much does Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cost?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens. For a typical conversation (~2,000 tokens), that's approximately $0.001 per message.

What benchmarks has Qwen3.5-35B-A3B been tested on?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has been evaluated on 10 benchmarks. Top scores: Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall: 1393.8, Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding: 1253.4, GPQA diamond: 78.0.

Is Qwen3.5-35B-A3B open source?

Yes, Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is open source.

How does Qwen3.5-35B-A3B compare to Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has an average score of 53.3 while Qwen3.8 27B scores 53.3. Qwen3.8 27B slightly outperforms Qwen3.5-35B-A3B overall. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B costs $0.15/1M input vs Qwen3.8 27B at $0.42/1M input. See full comparison →

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Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

Name: Qwen3.5-35B-A3B · benchmarks, pricing and providers
Creator: BenchGecko

by Alibaba Qwen · Released Feb 2026

Open SourceMultimodal

53.3

avg score

Rank #132

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Better than 59% of all models

Context

262K tokens (~131 books)

Input $/1M

$0.15

Output $/1M

$1.00

Type

multimodal

License

Open Source

Benchmarks

10 tested

Data as of 2026-10-16

About

The Qwen3.5 Series 35B-A3B is a native vision-language model designed with a hybrid architecture that integrates linear attention mechanisms and a sparse mixture-of-experts model, achieving higher inference efficiency. Its overall...

Tested on 10 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 53.3. Top scores: Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall (1393.8%), Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding (1253.4%), GPQA diamond (78.0%).

Looking for similar performance at lower cost?
Gemma 4 31B scores 53.2 (100% as good) at $0.09/1M input · 40% cheaper

Capabilities

math

70.0

#51 globally

knowledge

41.6

#197 globally

speed

32.6

#84 globally

general

50.7

#31 globally

Benchmark Scores

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Tested on 10 benchmarks · Ranked across 5 categories

Score Distribution (all 319 models)

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mathCompare math →

OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025

Mock AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Exam) problems from OTIS. Tests mathematical competition performance.

70.0·

knowledgeCompare knowledge →

GPQA diamond

Graduate-level science questions written by PhD experts. Diamond subset contains questions where experts disagree, testing deep understanding.

78.0·

Chess Puzzles

Tactical chess puzzles testing pattern recognition and multi-move calculation. Measures strategic reasoning ability.

5.3·

arenaCompare arena →

Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall

Chatbot Arena overall Elo rating. Crowdsourced human preference ranking from blind head-to-head comparisons across all topics.

1394·

Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding

Chatbot Arena coding Elo. Human preference ranking specifically for coding tasks and technical questions.

1253·

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Model Family · Alibaba Qwen Qwen 3.5

Qwen3.5 397B A17BFeb 2026

69.4

$0.55/M in262Kctx29 benchmarks

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Feb 2026

$0.26/M in(-0.29)1.0Mctx(+738K)

Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Apr 2026

$0.30/M in(+0.04)1.0Mctx

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BFeb 2026

$0.26/M in(-0.04)262Kctx(-738K)15 benchmarks

Qwen3.5-27BFeb 2026

$0.20/M in(-0.07)262Kctx5 benchmarks

Qwen3.5-35B-A3BFeb 2026

53.3-16.1

$0.15/M in(-0.05)262Kctx10 benchmarks

Qwen3.5-9BMar 2026

39.8-13.5

$0.10/M in(-0.05)262Kctx19 benchmarks

Qwen3.5-9B (batch)Mar 2026

$0.17/M in(+0.07)262Kctx

Qwen3.5-FlashFeb 2026

35.3-4.5

$0.07/M in(-0.11)1.0Mctx(+738K)12 benchmarks

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Specifications

Typemultimodal
Context262K tokens (~131 books)
ReleasedFeb 2026
LicenseOpen Source
StatusActive
Cost / Message~$0.001

Available On

Alibaba Qwen$0.15

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is an open-source multimodal AI model by Alibaba Qwen, released in February 2026. It has an average benchmark score of 53.3. Context window: 262K tokens.

Benchmarks

Chatbot Arena Elo — Overall Chatbot Arena Elo — Coding GPQA diamond OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 Dtbench

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Key facts · as of 2026-10-16

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B by Alibaba Qwen. BenchGecko score 53.3, rank 132 of 319 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
List price $0.15 input · $1.00 output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-10-16).
Sold by 7 providers (as of 2026-10-16): Darkbloom (fp4) $0.0650 in / $0.75 out · DeepInfra (fp8) $0.14 in / $1.00 out · Parasail (fp8) $0.15 in / $1.00 out · Venice $0.15 in / $1.00 out · Alibaba $0.16 in / $1.30 out · and 2 more. Every provider

How to cite · data as of 2026-10-16

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-10-16. https://benchgecko.ai/model/qwen3-5-35b-a3b

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